今晚

jīnwǎn

noun #262

Meanings

1 tonight; this evening

Characters

today; now; present

evening; night; late

Examples

今晚你有空吗？

Jīnwǎn nǐ yǒu kòng ma?

Are you free tonight?

今晚我们出去吃饭吧。

Jīnwǎn wǒmen chūqù chīfàn ba.

Let's go out to eat tonight.

今晚的月亮很美。

Jīnwǎn de yuèliàng hěn měi.

The moon is beautiful tonight.

Tips

grammar

Time words in Chinese go before the verb or at the start of the sentence: 今晚我去 or 我今晚去 (I'm going tonight). Never at the end like in English.

Stroke Order

今 jīn

晚 wǎn